Congrats on making the easiest possible joke available re: me being Kumail.

Oh, you mean to imply that the guy who says he’s mad he couldn’t get in to the movie he insists is horrible yet hasn’t even seen and for some reasons blames the film’s star for his inability to read his ticket is deserving of my sympathy?

They always overbook preview screenings to ensure sold out shows. I guarantee you it said that on your passes.

The first 45 minutes or so are pretty awful, but once Venom actually shows up the movie becomes kind of wonderfully daffy and delirious for a stretch. The interplay between Eddie and Venom is surprisingly fun. It ends up petering out in an incredibly rushed and unmemorable third act, and I certainly wouldn’t call it…

The “Toni! Tony! Tone! Tonee?” might be my favorite joke of all time. So stupid yet so brilliant.

Did you get paid for this?

Come on Randall. Going Away to College is clearly the best song on the album.

Has anyone mentioned Vinyl yet? I was such a huge fan of all the talent involved and the premise showed great promise. I loved Boardwalk Empire, also created by Terence Winter, particularly Season 3, which introduced me to Bobby Cannavale. Directed by Martin Scorsese, featuring a solid cast all-around...I was pretty…

“Because it’s so much fun, Jan!”

“I’m shutting your butt down!”

And finally, the final chapter in the epic trilogy: 

“I reject your hypothesis.”

You’ve come a long way, QT!

Cool.

This film is to Guy Ritchie as Oz: the Great and Powerful is to Sam Raimi.

I enjoyed The Jungle Book a lot. Jon Favreau is a talented and passionate director who doesn’t seem to take gigs just for the money. Even when he misses the mark (Cowboys & Aliens, Iron Man 2) it’s still interesting. It never feels like he’s phoning it in. He’s yet to make an outright dud. I’m still glad that he’s…

Yeah, this isn’t Will Smith’s fault. It’s the exact same problem the live-action Beauty and the Beast had - a piss poor sound mix. Flat, overly process vocals that completely sap the performance of any life it might have originally had.

The mix is way too busy, muddy, littered with sound effects, frenetic…

The lengthy “set up” - the opening 20 minutes in the stagecoach - is the most interesting part of the movie. The film starts to devolve into nonsense once they actually arrive at Minnie’s. By the time it gets to Sam Jackson’s rapey monologue it's a full blown trainwreck.

You’ve never heard of Butthole Surfers?

No! My dream role!

That same documentary also showed him being aggressively courted by adidas, his whole family nearly being won over, and then ultimately signing with Nike because they offered him more money.

Almost positive he’ll take the huge guaranteed contract over challenging the paradigm for a chance to play with LeBron on the…

I can’t think of another band that draws such an absurd level of ire for seemingly innocuous transgressions. Can people at least entertain the notion that Rivers Cuomo generally makes the music he wants to make, and sometimes it’s good, and sometimes it’s bad?

I haven’t listened to this album yet, but if they’re really…

Feels good!

Out There, God Help the Outcasts, and Heaven’s Light are the clear musical standouts.